IT Management Slideshow: 10 Ways CIOs Can Communicate IT Business Value

10 Ways CIOs Can Communicate IT Business Value

Only about 80 percent of business executives rank IT as somewhat important or critically important for key activities, and only half of them see IT doing well in supporting their needs, according to Forrester Research.

While CIOs can improve the way they support the business, Forrester also believes they need to do a better job communicating the ways they already do so.

The following tips come from a new report by Forrester, "Value-Based Communication Boosts Business' Perception of IT." The three over-arching rules are: Link IT's internal activities to business value; personally position IT's value to the organization; and add business value to IT's work with other organizations.

Have the latest technology news and resources emailed to you everyday.

By submitting your information, you agree that cioinsight.com may send you cioinsight offers via email, phone and text message, as well as email offers about other products and services that cioinsight believes may be of interest to you. cioinsight will process your information in accordance with the Quinstreet Privacy Policy.